birdlike

Some words are ambiguously hyphenated in the original, for example compare "birdlike" (page 40) with "bird-like" (page 383).

The Guests Of Hercules M. Leone Bracker 1901

He was muttering incessantly to himself, as if delighted at having found his tongue, his head swaying on his shoulders, and a strange murmur, soft, birdlike, meaningless, like sounds heard from a vast distance, coming from his wide-open mouth.

Vandover and the Brute Frank Norris 1886

Agatha is small, and kind of birdlike, and she carries her purse around and shows you where everything is.

Maureen's Blog 2009

a little still, but gay, with a kind of birdlike detachment; "_le grand-père_" stocky, wooden, planting his huge feet rather wide apart and regarding his companion, the frosted trees, and the whole wide world, with his humorous stare.

Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy 1900

"I thought perhaps on my home planet I was some kind of birdlike creature.

TrekWeb - Browse, Bicker, and Boldly Go (Star Trek) 2009

But this creature did not care who saw him or his strange, birdlike legs; his only garment was a glittering armored mesh that covered his torso, leaving his head and limbs bare.

End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

And their ship-burner daughters with their passing-sweet voices, virgin and birdlike, but only spoken of in pale phrases by the few sailors who have heard them and lived— I was one of them once.

their ship-burner daughters Jerry Ratch 2011

It screeched, a contained, very birdlike squawk, and chills spread up my arm.

Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011

He knew that whatever she did — her quick generosities, her hot enthusiasms or angers, her birdlike caressing ways — was unbelievably sincere.

BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN 2010

Hap noticed that one of the long, birdlike toes was missing.

End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011